{"product_id":"the-lost-summer-of-louisa-may-alcott-9780425240830","title":"The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott","description":"\u003cb\u003eA richly imagined, remarkably written story of the woman who created \u003ci\u003eLittle Women\u003c\/i\u003e--and how love changed her in ways she never expected. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCountless readers have fallen in love with Little Women. But how could the author--who never had a romance--write so convincingly of love and heartbreak without experiencing it herself? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeftly mixing fact and fiction, Kelly O'Connor McNees returns to the summer of 1855, when vivacious Louisa is twenty-two and bursting with a desire to free herself from family and societal constraints so she can do what she loves most. Stuck in small-town New Hampshire, she meets Joseph Singer, and as she opens her heart, Louisa finds herself torn between a love that takes her by surprise and her dream of independence as a writer in Boston. The choice she must make comes with a steep price that she will pay for the rest of her life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKelly O'Connor McNees\u003c\/b\u003e is an editor and the critically acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e In Need of a Good Wife\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Chicago with her husband and daughter.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Berkley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52078228930834,"sku":"9780425240830","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_377cd591-3794-41fc-bf21-c1cad3c30bfb.jpg?v=1772537168","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-lost-summer-of-louisa-may-alcott-9780425240830","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}